Cat cruelty alert after beloved pet shot with air rifle

A cat used one of his nine lives after a pellet shot from an air rifle came within an inch and ripping through his internal organs, his owner has said.
Dakota, an 18-month-old cat owned by couple, Samantha and Lee Pickwell returned home in Coningsby around a week ago in agonising pain with a gaping hole to the side of his stomach.
After treating the wound a pellet was found and authorities believe that to have come from an air rifle - suggesting that the animal had been shot.
The beloved pet is expected to make a full recovery, but Mrs Pickwell is outraged that more isn’t being done to... read more

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